A Queensland Year 12 student: the injustice of abortion

A Queensland Year 12 student: the injustice of abortion

There are many occasions when justice serves only
the strong, the powerful and the rich, but for the weak, the
marginalised and those who have no voice, there is often no justice.
Every year in this country, close to 100,000 are denied justice because
they cannot speak for themselves. Yet, the very basis of our Western
civilisation demands respect for innocent human life and defends the
rights of the vulnerable and defenceless.

The 100,000 I refer to are the pre-born. They are
those who have had their lives extinguished because they were
considered an inconvenience, an emotional burden, a physical impediment
or a financial hardship. It has been said that the most dangerous place
to be alive is in the womb.

Yet our self-professed civilised society turns a blind eye. When was
the last time we heard the media refer to the atrocities of abortion?
The silence is deafening. Martin Luther King once said, "The ultimate
tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by bad people but the silence
of good people."

Conception

Those in favour of abortion would claim that it's
not a baby but just a clump of cells. Isn't it so much easier to kill
if you've deluded yourself into believing you're not killing a human
being? But medical science can prove without doubt that even at the
moment of conception, a human being is present - DNA, eye colour, hair
colour, etc, are fixed.

At only three weeks an unborn baby's heart can be
heard beating. At six weeks the skeleton is complete, reflexes are
present, and brain waves can be recorded. At seven weeks (before most
abortions are performed) the unborn child is recognisably human, with a
head, face, body, and tiny arms, legs, fingers and toes.

The nervous system is fully developed at eight weeks
and the organs - brain, liver, kidneys and stomach are functioning. At
12 weeks, there is thumb-sucking and the breathing of amniotic fluid to
develop the respiratory organs. By this time all the body systems are
functioning. At 16 weeks the baby can grasp with the hands, swim and
turn somersaults and the mother can feel the baby moving. Yet most
abortions are performed up to 20 weeks.

Proponents of abortion claim that it's a woman's choice.

Let's stop and consider just what they are saying
here, namely, "Women should be able to choose life or death for their
unborn babies!" Likewise, Hitler believed it was his choice as to
whether he exterminated Jews. Slave owners believed it was their choice
to own slaves. Abraham Lincoln, who fought to end slavery in America,
once said, "People do not have a right to do wrong."

Also, in many cases, it is not the mother's choice
as she is often pressured into an abortion by others, e.g., parents,
husbands, partners, or friends.

Another argument used by pro-abortionists is that
the unborn child is a part of a woman's body and therefore may be
treated as she pleases. In fact, an unborn child is not part of a
woman's body. The child is a separate person, with a separate brain,
heart, organs and body. The genetic structure is different from the
mother's and the blood may be a different type. The unborn child is
entirely separate but dependent upon the mother for care and protection
just the same as a mother's newborn baby. Likewise, our laws profess to
care for and protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Sadly, there are many different abortion procedures practised today.
These include saline abortion, chemical abortion and physical abortion.
Allow me to describe some of these to you.

An unborn baby's nervous system is fully developed
by eight weeks which means pain can be experienced. In saline abortion,
a salt solution is injected into the womb which burns the skin
resulting in a long and painful death for the baby.

In dilation and extraction abortion, the abortionist
uses forceps to twist one of the baby's legs and pulls it halfway
through the birth canal. The abortionist then punctures the back of the
baby's head with sharp scissors and the child's brains are sucked out
causing the skull to collapse. Finally the dead baby is removed.

In dilation and curettage abortion, a looped knife is inserted into
the uterus to scrape its walls. The baby is then cut apart, and the
body parts removed and checked for completeness. Talk about injustice!
These babies aren't even given anaesthetic! Can our world become any
more cruel?

An African American, Doctor Greer, describes abortion graphically by
saying that the abortionist is a hit-man/woman in a mask hired to do
the killing. Recently in the USA it was reported that a dumpster was
found full of aborted baby parts. What an outrage!

Slavery

We believed the world to be cruel and unjust 200
years ago when the slave trade was thriving. The movie, Amazing
Grace, portrayed the life of William Wilberforce (1759-1833) who
lobbied the English parliament for 20 years to stop the trafficking of
slaves. Wilberforce was saddened by the effects of slavery which held
one class of people to be less human than others.

Abortion does precisely the same thing. It treats the unborn as
sub-human and not deserving of protection. A just society demands
opposition to slavery. Abortion is the taking of innocent human life
and, likewise, a just society should oppose it.

Like Martin Luther King who had a dream of equal
justice for all, I too have a dream that justice will one day prevail
for the unborn.